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ASF is one of 51 organizations calling
on the International Joint Commission (IJC) to lift barriers to alewife passage
erected by the State of Maine on the St. Croix River. A media release distributed by ASF and a letter
from the International Joint Commission (IJC) to the Governor
of Maine generated widespread coverage right across Canada. The
linked article was in the Vancouver Sun
this week, but there were also articles in the Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen,
Windsor Star, Regina Leader, Calgary Herald and Victoria Times-Colonist, to name a few. Too often the St. Croix, border between Maine and New Brunswick, is ignored because of the difficulty of dealing not just with two countries, but state and provincial governments as well. ASF's ocean-tracking of both young Atlantic salmon going to sea for
the first time and of adults that have spawned at least once
continues to unravel mysteries of salmon migration to and from
Greenland waters. The recent $35M supporting the technology and
research by ASF and its partners has garnered international interest.
Below is coverage by the Consortium for Ocean Leadership: ASF's marine tagging studies have an
extremely high initial survival rate for salmon. However, that has not been the case with a DFO study at the Torrent
River in Newfoundland that is causing
consternation among conservationists and fishermen. Watching Atlantic salmon
leaping is always a reminder of
the power these great fish have. There is a lighthearted look
on YouTube of salmon jumping
at Glencalvie Falls in Scotland.
It is available under "favorites" on ASF's YouTube
channel: Glencalvie Falls is about halfway between
Ullapool on Scotland's west coast and Dornach on the east coast,
north of Inverness.
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